Five people have died after two small planes crashed mid-air in France. An ultralight two-person plane collided midair with a tourist plane in Loches, Indre-et-Loire at around 4.45pm local time. The ultralight crashed on the fence around a house and the DR400 crashed several hundred metres away in an uninhabited area. All five people involved…
The search for the flight MH370 has seen a new twist after media reports said pieces of a plane had washed ashore recently on a beach in Queensland, Australia. The debris was discovered by Mick Elcoate, who was fishing in the area on 5 October. Elcoate told The Australian newspaper that he initially thought that…
Virgin Atlantic Airbus A350-1000 “Queen of Hearts” has been damaged at London Heathrow. The nose gear of the aircraft has been damaged during tug maneuver. The pins holding a bar on the gear that the tow bar attaches to have fallen out. The right hand tyre of the front landing gear was damaged during the…
About 40 environmental activists were arrested after entering the tarmac at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport on Saturday, October 3. The militants “broke in” around 9 am through a fence and were “blocked by the police at Terminal 2A on the tarmac”, where several planes were parked. The airport said the activists didn’t reach the runways. The Action…
An American Airlines Airbus A320 made an emergency landing shortly after departure at a higher than normal speed at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport due to flaps problem. The aircraft was operating American flight #AA578 from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The aircraft suffered a flaps problem on departure. After facing…
A Qatar Airways Boeing 747-8F suffered the hydraulic system 1 failure when the aircraft was descending towards Doha. The hydraulic System failure had depleted all its hydraulic fluid. The 747-8 freighter was performing flight QR-8222 from Frankfurt to Doha, when the aircraft suffered the failure and the crew declared an emergency on 28th September. After…
An Anadolujet Boeing 737-800 operating on behalf of Turkish Airlines suffered in flight engine shut down when it was climbing out of Kars’ runway 24. The number 1 engine failed with a large boom sending out streaks of flames. The aircraft was performing Turkish flight TK-7091 from Kars to Ankara. After suffering engine failure, the…
A Jet2 Boeing 737 performed a rejected take off in Leeds after the crew reported a burning odour in the cockpit. The aircraft was accelerating for takeoff when the crew rejected takeoff at low speed. After that the aircraft slowed down slowly and it was taxied to the apron with emergency services in trail after…
Saturday afternoon, a fire broke out at Marechal da Cunha Machado airport, in São Luís. The airport’s boarding bridge 01 caught fire. Firefighters were called immediately. According to source, there were no injuries from the fire. The air bridge will go through expertise to know the reason for the fire. Due to the incident, the…
An American Airlines Airbus A319 sustained an engine damage after contact with the boarding bridge at gate at Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport, Florida. The incident took place at gate F5 in Florida. While the no. 1 engine of the plane was damaged in the incident, no injury was reported. The nacelle of the left…
An An-26 plane has crashed near the city of Chuguev in the Kharkov region of Ukraine during landing, Ukrainian Air Force Command said Friday. According to the command, there were injuries and deaths, but the head of the Kharkov region, Oleksiy Kucher, said that there were also survivors in the crash. Please reload for updates:…
A PSA Airlines CRJ-900LR, flying on behalf of American Eagle suffered en-flight windshield crack when it was descending towards Burlington. The CRJ-900 was carrying 45 people on board. The aircraft was operating American Airlines flight #AA5513 from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Burlington International Airport. The crew reported a cracked windshield while the aircraft was…
